• <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>November & December</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Tory, Geoffroy. <i>L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres.</i> Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Zamora, Alonso de. <i>Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada...</i> Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
    Sotheby’s
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    November & December
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.
  • <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> HEMINGWAY, Ernest. <i>Three Stories and Ten Poems.</i> First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> CURTIS, Edward S. <i>The North American Indian...</i> Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s <i>Le Morte d'Arthur,</i> ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> FAULKNER, William. <i>Go Down, Moses.</i> First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. <i>Of Human Bondage.</i> First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> AUDUBON, John James. <i>Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana.</i> (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000 <b>Freeman’s, Nov. 13:</b> HERBERT, Frank. <i>Dune,</i> 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000
    Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000
  • <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000. <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> <i>Endymion</i> in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000- <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of <i>The Tale of Peter Rabbit.</i> Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> The Borden Copy of <i>The Life of Merlin</i> in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, <i>Leaves of Grass.</i> $4,000-$6,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> <i>Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket.</i> Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> <i>The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter</i>: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. <i>The Poetical Works.</i> $3,000-$5,000 <b>Bonhams, Nov. 3-13:</b> Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000 <b>Old World Auctions (Nov 12):</b><br>Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950

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Auction Info

Auction Name
Collectible Photography. Classics and Artistic Avant-Garde
Auction Date
11/04/2025 - 11/04/2025
Sale Number
#110425a
Total Lots
82
Sold Lots
39
Lots Sold
47.56%
Unsold Lots
43
Total Sales (PLN)
424,200.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)
352,200.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (PLN)
515,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (PLN)
844,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (PLN)
1,238,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
34.24%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
108 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (1937 - 2022)

"Consumer art", 1974/1976

 1974/1976 PLN 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 PLN 84,000.00
105 Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz from the series "Faces", fot. Jozef Glogowski, circa 1931

 circa 1931 PLN 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 PLN 66,000.00
115 Ewa Partum (b. 1945)

Untitled from the series "Self-Identification", 1980/1996

 1980/1996 PLN 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 PLN 45,600.00
109 Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (1937 - 2022)

Untitled (1970) and a work from the series Impressions (1973), 1970-1973

 1970-1973 PLN 45,000.00 - 65,000.00 PLN 45,600.00
158 Pawel Kwiek (b. 1951)

Untitled, 1991

 1991 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
164 Honza Zamojski (b. 1981)

Postcard #2 (CAT), 2013

 2013 PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 20,400.00
172 Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

"Domestic Nude III - In The Laundry Room, Hollywood", 1992/1993

 1992/1993 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 12,000.00
101 Zofia Rydet (1911 - 1997)

From the series "Sociological Record", 1978-1979

 1978-1979 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 10,200.00
167 Todd Hido (b. 1968)

Untitled (#3680), 2004

 2004 PLN 9,000.00 - 15,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
151 Grace Radziwill "Paris in the rain", 1980/2023

"Paris in the rain", 1980/2023

 1980/2023 PLN 6,500.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 7,200.00
155 Eva Rubinstein (b. 1933)

"Hotel Lobby, Ancona, 1979", 1979

 1979 PLN 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 PLN 6,600.00
156 Mikolaj Smoczynski (1955 - 2009)

From the series "Temporary", 1990s

 1990s PLN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 6,600.00
166 Jerzy Truszkowski (b. 1961)

"Abstraction on the body", 1984

 1984 PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
163 Anna Ostoya

"A tradition of flexibility and durability", 2011

 2011 PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
137 Tadeusz Wanski (1894 - 1959)

"Rab Island", lata 30. XX w.

 PLN 5,500.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
160 Zbigniew Libera (b. 1959)

"Pretty boy", 1986/2004

 1986/2004 PLN 5,500.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
171 Helmut Newton (1920 - 2004)

"Elsa Peretti. New York", 1975/2000s

 1975/2000s PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
130 Tadeusz Rolke (1929 - 2025)

"Joseph Beuys", 1971/2007

 1971/2007 PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,400.00
104 Bronislaw Schlabs (1920 - 2009)

Photogram, 1958

 1958 PLN 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,040.00
146 David Michael Kennedy (b. 1949)

"CATTLE GUARD PORCUPINE SOUTH DAKOTA"

 PLN 4,500.00 - 6,000.00 PLN 4,560.00
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